One day, medical’microrobots’ could treat bladder diseases and other human ailments
The University of Colorado Boulder’s team of engineers has developed a new class of tiny self-propelled robotic vehicles that can move through liquids at high speeds. They may even be able to deliver drugs in the future.
Researchers describe their mini healthcare provider in a paper that was published in Small last month.
\”Imagine if nanorobots were able to perform certain tasks within the body, like non-invasive surgery,\” said Jin Lee. He is the lead author of the research and a researcher at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Instead of cutting the patient’s skin, we could introduce the robots into the body via a pill, or injection, and have them perform the procedure on their own.
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https://phys.org/news/2023-05-medical-microrobots-day-bladder-disease.html
